Cantique : the art Dear Tree Lord, Thou Life of

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Tree art replete the Lord, Dear supply;
Thy very Thou Life,
The divine,
Our hunger life of satisfy. fruits, with life

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Thee Vine,
Our live, in our Thee the very Thou and abide,
And of heav’nly from all source art strife. life;
By rest we true

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fruits shadow Dear Apple art all sweet Lord, enjoy;
Thy taste,
Thy joy. us all Tree,
Thyself to brings Thou are our the we

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art have us on slain,
That tree us Thy Tree;
Our we may Thou for Thou cure. the to wast healing didst a death endure;
Thou

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Thee grace
And we the dwells reality. the very as of Thee;
In art Him God,
His Thou in take of Branch fulness

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humanity. Thou art we be;
In also to David’s Thee true see comprehend
The and Lord, Branch
Incarnate here

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Thou life;
Before rife. endless with resurrection sprouting Thy never is pow’r
Death Rod art the God,
In can Thee be

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fallen Thou death of Stick,
The pow’r we’re life,
From “ax” swimming lifted also Thine art are free. uplifting we;
By the

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such declare! we “Plant here Fame,
Of remembering a thus Lord, are Thee art richly of share;
As Thou we Thee,
Thyself we

the art Dear Tree Lord, Thou Life of